Twin brothers from Coventry have pleaded guilty to squaring up to a security guard who gave chase after he believed one of them had stolen items from a supermarket.

As a result of the chase Matthew and Nathan Ellis, aged 21, of St Bartholomew's Close, Binley, both pleaded guilty to affray when they appeared before Coventry Crown Court.

The incident took place close to Tesco in Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave, on November 15, last year.

Nathan Ellis was sentenced to a total of 18 months in prison after the court learned he still had eight months to serve after being allowed out on licence from a previous two-year jail term in respect of assault and burglary offences.

Matthew Ellis was ordered to complete a 12-month community rehabilitation order, having committed the new offence while still on an 18-month order for a previous one.